of the United States. The report also included a summary of the State's efforts to resolve 81 unresolved applications for the return of abducted American children under the Convention from 18 treaty partner countries that remained unresolved in spite of having been prior to April 1, 2008. In a sharp departure from previous practice the State Department listed three countries as not compliant and only one country as "Demonstrating Patterns of Noncompliance," whereas, in the 2009 report, it listed seven countries in the latter category. Commenting on this "astonishing" occurrence, international family law authority Jeremy Morley noted The report itself did not explain or acknowledge this dramatic shift in the status of "Country Noncompliance Placement." 2009 Compliance Report The 2009 report covers the period from October 1, 2007, through September 30, 2008 (Fiscal Year 2008.) During this period the United States Department of State was notified of 1,082 new outgoing IPCA cases involving 1,615 children. Of these, 776 were abductions to Convention partner countries. Additionally State received 344 Convention applications concerning abductions to the United States involving 484 children. As in years 2007 and 2008 the report included Honduras as fully "Not Compliant" with a list of countries "Demonstrating Patterns of Noncompliance." 2008 Compliance Report 2007 Compliance Report 2006 Compliance Report 2005 Compliance Report 2004 Compliance Report 2002 and 2003 Compliance Report 2001 Compliance Report 2000 Compliance Report 1999 Compliance Report See also Office of Children's Issues Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction Hague Convention 1996 Human rights International child abduction in Mexico International child abduction in Brazil International child abduction in Japan Trafficking of children United States' Country Reports on Human Rights Practices References United States Department of State Child abduction in the United States 1999 establishments in the United States United States Department of State publications